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I may have been intoxicated but I KNEW this was not what I wanted.
I asked him to stop, and unlike so many other stories, he actually did.
Because of this, I never considered it rape.
I still don’t even know what to call it.
But I know it wasn’t right.
I know it wasn’t consensual and I know he took advantage of me.